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Our chapter is to study the situation of container liner shipping, one of the most important modes of international transportation. We concentrate on the strategic decisions of operators in order to survive and grow in the bitter market. To seek competitive advantage, shipping lines have made use of various strategies such as capacity expansion, merger and acquisition, and alliance. While they have competed with other rivals, they also co-operated through the long-term commitment of strategic alliances or short-term agreement of slot exchange or joint operation.

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  1. Singapur, Singapur

    Khoi Tran Nguyen

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  1. Lehrstuhl für ABWL, Maritime Wirtschaft, Universität Bremen , Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Irina Dovbischuk

  2. Fachgebiet BWL, insbesondere Logistik un, Hochschule Furtwangen , Furtwangen, Germany

    Guido Siestrup

  3. Lehrstuhl für Produktion & Supply Chain, Universität Augsburg , Augsburg, Bayern, Germany

    Axel Tuma

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Nguyen, K.T. (2018). Horizontal integration in container liner shipping. In: Dovbischuk, I., Siestrup, G., Tuma, A. (eds) Nachhaltige Impulse für Produktion und Logistikmanagement. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-21412-8_5

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